So in case anyone doesn't know wow lore, Chromie is actually a bronze dragon like Anachronos and Nozdormu. Pity they didn't add any dragon synergy, even to the equipment. Guess there's too much existing synergy so they just went a different direction.
As per Celestalon's comment, the diamond versions are decided by artwork, not by playability. We don't know what goes into designing these diamond cards aside from that. Artwork and the card's viability have nothing to do with each other either so expect many more diamond cards to be unplayable.
That's a good thing to keep in mind - that Team 5 are aware of the DK HP and charge being so game winning. It's good to know we won't be seeing that many buff spells or cards that could be abused with the HP.
But remember, the risen minions don't count as corpses themselves and there's a lot of cards that consume corpses to make risen minions. You'd have to be running an Unholy focused deck to properly make use of Cold Feet Pact
Yea... we know from experience that Big Demon DH never works out so not holding any hope out now. Blizzard would need to release better cards than this but I'm sure this big guy will pop up now and then from random generation.
This spell is really good in egglock, I wouldn't be surprised if the archetype makes a comeback with this spell. 2 mana is decent for this effect and I'm sure we'll find a nice combo where you want to kill a certain minion and trigger it's deathrattle.
Wow, now this is quite the removal spell. For 1 mana more you get to destroy the minion when comparing to Righteous Defense. You can also selectively target the undead in hand as well.
This will fit in nicely into deathrattle rouge which is shaping up to look like quite the powerhouse. You'd ideally want to target Infectious Ghoul for the memes
This concoction rogue is turning out to be quite interesting and unique. Can definitely see a XL rogue playing slower with this cards. This spell will be front and center of the archetype
Yoh the power creep is real. Poor Arcane Explosion is definitely upset about this one. This spell could also be a comeback tool if you low on health. Gonna be an annoying and frequent spell to see for the next year.
This seems bad in comparison to Unleash Fel. Sure there will be easier ways to get spell damage in Hunter but still, probably the worst arcane spell aside from Arcane Shot
Draw that scales for hunter. Something you don't see everyday. The Manathirst breakpoint is at an ideal stage in the mid game too where Hunter would usually be low on cards. Looks promising due to the draw design. If anything, it'll be good in Quest hunter.
So I'm assuming you get 2 4/4 Lynxes with additional spell damage right? This spell would probably be the best arcane spell out of the lot honestly. If the archetype were to take off, it'd be coz of this spell.
Kinda lame that this is basically the same effect as Halduron Brightwing but for arcane spells in your hand. This minion is ofc weaker coz you don't want to hold onto your spells, but hey, not idea how this new archetype will function. It'll probably be more midrange and have Renathal, like the current beast hunter... ah, honestly I'd just play beast hunter.
We'd need a lot more arcane spell support for this legendary to be any good but I'm sure we'll get more eventually. For now though, with just 5 arcane spells in Standard, we'd need a lot more help. This legendary might be good, but we'll just have to wait a bit.
So I see where Blizzard is coming from in making an arcane spell damage hunter, it thematically matches the expansion with the Blood Elves who love arcane magic, yea that makes sense. As for viability though... that's asking for a lot. I highly doubt this arcane package will be playable this expansion. We need much more support.
Not sure if this was mention somewhere, but after you've accepted a re-roll of your lower quality card, will a notification appear (like on the rewards tack) saying what new card you got from the re-roll? Or will it silently do it in the background and you have to go to your collection to view new cards?
Finally finished Banquet of Bones last night. Now only the last remaining 29 ghosts I have to summon for Tales from the Crypt. That'll leave me at maybe 67% completion but couldn't be bothered with the Paladin and Warrior achievements coz those would be painful to complete.
So in case anyone doesn't know wow lore, Chromie is actually a bronze dragon like Anachronos and Nozdormu. Pity they didn't add any dragon synergy, even to the equipment. Guess there's too much existing synergy so they just went a different direction.
Ah, found out you can link the card ID to show the correct coin!
Had to get this one, for obvious reasons. Ended up crafting a few cards but it was worth it!
As per Celestalon's comment, the diamond versions are decided by artwork, not by playability. We don't know what goes into designing these diamond cards aside from that. Artwork and the card's viability have nothing to do with each other either so expect many more diamond cards to be unplayable.
That's a good thing to keep in mind - that Team 5 are aware of the DK HP and charge being so game winning. It's good to know we won't be seeing that many buff spells or cards that could be abused with the HP.
But remember, the risen minions don't count as corpses themselves and there's a lot of cards that consume corpses to make risen minions. You'd have to be running an Unholy focused deck to properly make use of Cold Feet Pact
Yea... we know from experience that Big Demon DH never works out so not holding any hope out now. Blizzard would need to release better cards than this but I'm sure this big guy will pop up now and then from random generation.
This spell is really good in egglock, I wouldn't be surprised if the archetype makes a comeback with this spell. 2 mana is decent for this effect and I'm sure we'll find a nice combo where you want to kill a certain minion and trigger it's deathrattle.
Wow, now this is quite the removal spell. For 1 mana more you get to destroy the minion when comparing to Righteous Defense. You can also selectively target the undead in hand as well.
This will fit in nicely into deathrattle rouge which is shaping up to look like quite the powerhouse. You'd ideally want to target Infectious Ghoul for the memes
Good early game value for concoction rouge. As we've seen with Pharaoh Cat and other 1 drops in rogue, this guy will see a lot of play.
This concoction rogue is turning out to be quite interesting and unique. Can definitely see a XL rogue playing slower with this cards. This spell will be front and center of the archetype
Yoh the power creep is real. Poor Arcane Explosion is definitely upset about this one. This spell could also be a comeback tool if you low on health. Gonna be an annoying and frequent spell to see for the next year.
This seems bad in comparison to Unleash Fel. Sure there will be easier ways to get spell damage in Hunter but still, probably the worst arcane spell aside from Arcane Shot
Draw that scales for hunter. Something you don't see everyday. The Manathirst breakpoint is at an ideal stage in the mid game too where Hunter would usually be low on cards. Looks promising due to the draw design. If anything, it'll be good in Quest hunter.
So I'm assuming you get 2 4/4 Lynxes with additional spell damage right? This spell would probably be the best arcane spell out of the lot honestly. If the archetype were to take off, it'd be coz of this spell.
Kinda lame that this is basically the same effect as Halduron Brightwing but for arcane spells in your hand. This minion is ofc weaker coz you don't want to hold onto your spells, but hey, not idea how this new archetype will function. It'll probably be more midrange and have Renathal, like the current beast hunter... ah, honestly I'd just play beast hunter.
We'd need a lot more arcane spell support for this legendary to be any good but I'm sure we'll get more eventually. For now though, with just 5 arcane spells in Standard, we'd need a lot more help. This legendary might be good, but we'll just have to wait a bit.
So I see where Blizzard is coming from in making an arcane spell damage hunter, it thematically matches the expansion with the Blood Elves who love arcane magic, yea that makes sense. As for viability though... that's asking for a lot. I highly doubt this arcane package will be playable this expansion. We need much more support.
Not sure if this was mention somewhere, but after you've accepted a re-roll of your lower quality card, will a notification appear (like on the rewards tack) saying what new card you got from the re-roll? Or will it silently do it in the background and you have to go to your collection to view new cards?
Finally finished Banquet of Bones last night. Now only the last remaining 29 ghosts I have to summon for Tales from the Crypt. That'll leave me at maybe 67% completion but couldn't be bothered with the Paladin and Warrior achievements coz those would be painful to complete.